The Rats Won

New York Mayor Eric Adams has waged a years-long campaign against the city’s rats, dubbing them “public enemy number one” and even appointing a “rat czar” to tackle the problem in 2023. But with the rat czar’s quiet departure from her post late last week, it might be time to declare a victor. The rats apparently won this round.

Kathleen Corradi was first appointed as rat czar, technically the Citywide Director of Rat Mitigation, by Mayor Adams in…